India ireland match

Earlier in the game, India put a mammoth score of 225 on the board riding on the 176-run stand between Hooda and Samson. Though Ireland pull things back at the death otherwise things could have been a lot worse. Mark Adair took three wickets while both Young and Little finished with two wickets. However, they were hardly a few who gave Ireland a chance to chase this total down. Then came the reality check for the Indian bowlers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar who was brilliant with the new ball in the first game was carted all around the park in the first over. All the other bowlers continued to meet with the same fate but Indian spinners did some handy work in the middle overs. Bishnoi got a big wicket of Paul Stirling and Bhuvneshwar Kumar came back well in the death. In the end, Umran Malik was put to a stiff test but he came out with flying colours to hand India a win in this thrilling contest. 17.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Harry Tector W out, OUT! TAKEN! Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes! Much-needed wicket for India. They can breathe a sigh of relief for now. Harry Tector departs after a good knock. A slower one, full, around middle. Harry Tector tries to heave this over long on but the ball goes off the bottom of the bat and goes towards the fielder at long on. Deepak Hooda takes an easy catch. Ireland have lost half their side now. 16.2 Harshal Patel to George Dockrell 6 SIX, SIX! BOOM! George Dockrell gets hold of this one! Harshal Patel misses his length and serves a low full toss, aroun...

8.6 overs (2 Runs) A length ball, outside off. Harry Tector taps it towards short third man and gets across to the other end. Ishan Kishan runs across and scores a direct hit at the striker's end. The batter was well in, but the ball deflects off the stumps and rolls away the batters sneak in an overthrow as well. 100 up for Ireland! They are well ahead of India at the moment. 7.4 overs (1 Run) STUMPED....BUT IT'S OFF A NO BALL! Andy Balbirnie gets a reprieve! A googly, spinning down the leg side, that stays low as well. Andy Balbirnie advances down the ground and misses his hoick. Ishan Kishan collects the ball and takes his own sweet time to remove the bails off. The reply shows that Ravi Bishnoi has overstepped and a no ball is called! Free Hit coming up! 6.3 overs (0 Run) OUT! RUN OUT! Bullseye! Wickets in quick succession for India! A length ball, outside off. Gareth Delany pushes it towards mid off and scampers across to the other end. Hardik Pandya collects the ball from his right and scores a direct hit at the bowler's end. The replay confirms Gareth Delany is well short of his crease. He walks back to the pavilion! Harry Tector walks out next! 5.4 overs (0 Run) OUT! BOWLED! Ravi Bishnoi gets his man finally. He does that with another googly and the dangerous Paul Stirling departs! Ravi Bishnoi bowls it quicker and that is tad full. It comes back in sharply and beats Paul Stirling who looks to pull it. The ball shatters the stumps and India finally have a breakthro...

Right then, that is all we have from this action-packed short T20I series. Hardik Pandya collects the trophy and hands it to Umran Malik. All players come up to have a special team photograph with that much-deserved trophy. All smiles in the Indian camp and from this fast-paced T20 format, the Indian team is all set to take on England in the final Test of the five-match Test series between England and India that was rescheduled due to Covid-19. That game will start at 3.30 pm IST (10 am GMT) on Friday, July 1. Our build-up though begins a lot earlier. So do join us for the same. Till then goodbye and cheers! Hardik Pandya, the skipper of India, says that he was not worried, he trying to take all the pressure off the equation and just focus on the game. He tells that he went for Umran Malik and backed him because he knew it was tough to hit when he is bowling at such a pace. Mentions that they were here to play a game of cricket and Ireland have shown them what they have. He credits their batters for the amazing shots they played and credits the Indian bowlers as well. Concludes by thanking all the fans who came out to support India and he feels very proud to represent his country, and win games and series for the country. He is happy with the way Hooda batted and is happy for Umran as well. Andy Balbirnie, the skipper of Ireland, says that the feeling is good and tells that not every day one gets close to such a total. Tells that they knew that the only way to chase down t...

India showed their class once again in Malahide to bring cheer to their big contingent of fans after a rain delay of over two hours. Ireland will lick their wounds and now focus on the second game with another chance of securing a first win over the world's top T20 side. We'll also be back with live text commentary from Tuesday's encounter, which has a 16:30 BST start - weather permitting, of course. See you then!